Finger-nail ornament.



G. L. F. NUSS.

FINGER NAIL GRNAMENT.

APPLICATION man APR.20. 19H.

Patent-ed Aug. 21, 1917.

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FINGER-NAIL ORNAMENT.

' Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

Application filed April 20, 1917. Serial No. 163,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. F. Nuss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Finger-Nail Ornaments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the general class of jewelry and moreespecially to ornaments used for the purpose of beautifying the hands.

The object of the present invention is to provide an ornament which maybe secured to the end of the finger nails for the purpose of adding tothe attractiveness thereof,

the said ornament being provided with suitable means for securing thesame to the nail and may also be provided upon its face with a design ormonogram, thereby adding to its attractiveness.

A further object is to provide an ornament of the above class with meansby which it may be secured to the finger nails in a manner as to preventof its accidentally becoming lost, and at the same time to permit of itsremoval and application when desired. With these and other objects inview the invention consists of a plate preferably in the form of acrescent, which is adapted to conform to the shape of the end of thefinger nail, the said plate being provided with means for engaging theend of the finger nail and with means for securing the said plate to thenail, this means consisting of a pair of flexible clips, which areadapted to be passed through an opening formed in the end of the fingernail and to be bent laterally thereunder.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ornament embodying the presentinvention and shown applied;

Fig. 2 is a plan view looking at the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1,the ornament being removed from the finger;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken transversely of the ornamentand illustrating the manner in which the same is applied to the fingernail;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the ornament looking at the edge entered bythe nail;

Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof, illustrating by dotted lines theposition of the securing members when the ornament is in position uponthe nail.

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the position of the opening formed in thenail.

In the form of the invention shown, there is provided a plate 10,preferably formed of thin metal, which may be gold, silver,

platinum or any other ornamental or attractive metal. This plate iscurved to conform to the transverse curvature of the nail and has itsouter edge 11 of such' curvature to, conform to the outer end of thefinger nail. The inner edge 12 may be fluted as shown, or if desired maybe provided with a curve which might extend downwardly and cover theentire surface of the nail, or it may be curved to form a crescent asshown in the modified form illustrated in Fig. 5.

The edge 11 of the plate is provided upon its under surface with acrescent shaped portion 13, which is of substantially the same thicknessas plate 10, this portion 13 being slightly spaced from plate 10 so asto provide a pocket for the reception of the end of the nail.

Portion 13 is slitted as at 14, so as to form a spring clip 15, whichhas its spring end 16 bent inwardly so as to engage an opening 17provided in the finger nail.

When it is desired to apply the ornament to the nail it is onlynecessary to slip the same over the end of the nail, the spring tongue15 engaging the opening 17 and securing the ornament in position. Whenit is desired to remove the device it is only necessary to insert somesharp instrument, for example, a pin, beneath the edge of the springtongue and its end 16 will disengage from the nail opening.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 5 and 6, there is provided acrescent shaped plate 18 which has its outer edge 19 shaped to conformto the outer edge of the finger nail and is curved to conform to thetransverse curvature of the nail. For thepurpose of securing this platein position upon the nail, thereis provided upon its under face a pairof oppositely located flexible clips 20, which are normally extended atright angles through the face of the plate and are adapted to passthrough the finger nail opening and to be bent laterally in oppositedirections beneath the under surface of the finger nail. As these clips20 are formed of flem'- W ble metal they may be easily and quicklystraightened to permit of the removal of the ornament.

w The device is susceptible of various changes in the form andproportion, and the right is reserved to make such changes.

Having described the invention, What is claimed is: V

1. A finger ornament comprising a thin metal plate and a spring tonguecarried by said plate "and for engagement with an open ing in the fingernail to secure the plate to the nail.

2. A finger ornament comprising a'metal plate shaped to cover a portionof the upper surface I of the finger nail, a second plate secured to andspaced from said first mentioned plate to define a pocket for thereception of the finger nail, the closed end of said pocket entirelycovering the outer edge of the nail and spring actuated means formed onsaid second plate for engagement With the finger nail. v a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE L. F. NUSS.

